noun / verb
calendar
KAL-in-der/ˈkælɪndər/
A system organizing time into dated periods.
The desk calendar arranges the month's dates into neat weekly rows.
Etymology
Latin calendarium meant an “account book,” named for the first day of the Roman month, when debts fell due. That link between records and monthly dates underlies the later chart of the year.
In context
Another cycle that we're in right now in the Jewish calendar, is we're in the period of the Omer. We count 49 days from Passover
More examples
- The lunar calendar follows the cycles of the moon.
- She calendared the hearing for the following Tuesday.
- Our shared calendar lists everyone's appointments.
Forms
calendar · calendars · calendared · calendaring
Similar words
- schedule
- Organizes planned activities, while a calendar also structures dates themselves.